Whenever righteousness wanes and unrighteousness increases I send myself forth. For theprotection of thegood and for thedestruction ofevil, and for the establishment of righteousness, I come intobeingage after age.
RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inhabiting the lower part of the peninsula of Oque. Some feeble attempts were made by returned missionaries to introduce it into several European countries, but it appears to have been imperfectly expounded.
Righteousness andfaith certainly are instrumental in healing thesick,deaf, orlame — if such healing accomplishesGod's purposes and is in accordance with His will. Thus, even with strong faith, many mountains will not be moved. And not all of thesick andinfirm will behealed.
A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared inlove and righteousness and in which the spiritual and physical needs of children can be met.
Now, theredemption which we as yet await (continued Imlac), will be that ofKalki, who will come as a Silver Stallion: allevils and every sort offolly will perish at the coming of this Kalki: true righteousness will be restored, and theminds of men will be made as clear as crystal.
But seek till ye find, and, whatever ye find for the present, let your last act be to lay and leave yourselves on the righteousness of His Son, expectinglife through His name, according to the promise of the Father.
There are two sorts ofhypocrites: one that aredeceived with their outwardmorality and externalreligion; many of which are professedArminians, in the doctrine of justification: and the other, are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevations; which often cry down works, and men's own righteousness, and talk much of free grace; but at the same time make a righteousness of their discoveries, and of their humiliation, and exalt themselves to heaven with them. These two kinds of hypocrites, Mr. Shepard, in his Exposition of theParable of the Ten Virgins, distinguishes by the names oflegal andevangelical hypocrites; and often speaks of the latter as the worst. And it is evident that the latter are commonly by far the most confident in their hope, and with the most difficulty brought off from it: I have scarcely known the instance of such a one, in my life, that has been undeceived.
Jonathan Edwards,A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections (1746), PART II : Showing What Are No Certain Signs That Religious Affections Are Truly Gracious, Or That They Are Not, Ch. 11: Nothing can be certainly known of the nature of Religious Affections, that they much dispose persons with their mouths to praise and glorify God
Truereligion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
When all is said and done, the greatest satisfaction you'll have in thislife as you grow old will be seeing your children grow in righteousness and faith and goodness ascitizens of thesociety of which they are a part.
It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer.
You have to expectspiritual warfare whenever you stand up for righteousness or call attention to basic values. It's just a matter oflight battling thedarkness. But the light wins every time.You can't throw enough darkness on light to put it out.
That swarm of ants that I observed, each one following the one ahead, have every one beenIndra in the world of the gods by virtue of their own past action. And now, by virtue of their deeds done in the past, they have gradually fallen to the state of ants.
Krishna,Indra and the AntsIndra and the Ants,Classical Hindu Mythology: A Reader in the Sanskrit Puranas, Pg. 321 by Cornelia Dimmitt
Another definition of a hero is someone who is concerned about other people's well-being, and will go out of his or her way to help them -- even if there is no chance of a reward. That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt, a real superhero.
To our constant prayers for the welfare of our country, and of the whole human race, we shall esteem it our duty and happiness to unite our most earnest endeavors to promote the pure and undefiled religion of Christ; for as this secures eternal felicity to men in a future state, sowe are persuaded that goodChristians will always be goodcitizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals theNation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, truereligion affords to government its surest support.
John H. Livingstonet al, of the Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church, in a letter toGeorge Washington (9 October 1789)
A lot of the time, I write a lot ofangry stuff, but then I don't want to be a finger-pointer - I'd rather be a cheerleader than ajudge. I don't want topreach as if I'm in some position of righteousness, but I do want to speak my mind and scream at theclouds and shout out of the pit of hopelessness that I sometimes think thehumanrace is in.
Dave Matthews, in "Dave Matthews: Conscience and Craft"] by Alan Light,msn Entertainment News
People don't ever seem to realise that doing what's right's no guarantee againstmisfortune.
William McFee,Casuals of the Sea : The Voyage of a Soul (1916), Book II: The City, Ch. VI
Canada has a passive-aggressiveculture, with a lot ofsarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. Theego is a fascinatingmonster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save theplanet.
Thetruth is, the secularworld isn't too enamored withJesus. And they're not too enamored with someone who is leading people toJesus. So if you're out there talking about people'ssins, and you're talking about righteousness, you will get pushback. Jesus Himself did. Theapostles did. I mean, there'spersecution all up and down the line.
Whoeveracts righteously, whethermale orfemale, and is abeliever, We will certainly enable him lead apurelife and surely We willbestow on such theirreward according to the best of theirdeeds.
Theholy spirit means the invisible power ofJehovah, holy because he isholy. This power ofJehovah operated upon the minds ofhonest men who loved and who were devoted to righteousness, directing them in the writing of the Bible. The spirit of God, i. e., his invisible power, moved upon the waters and thereby he created.
A man'ssentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with theindignation of righteousness.
Passive righteousness tells us thatGod does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim and direction of good works are horizontal, not vertical.
The righteousness ofJesus Christ is one of those greatmysteries, which theangels desire to look into, and seems to be one of the first lessons thatGodtaught men after the fall.
Myheart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as asociety, in that clearness which it might have been, had we been asfaithful as we ought to be to the teachings ofChrist.
Unto you thatfear myname shall theSun of righteousness arise withhealing in hiswings; and ye shall go forth, andgrow up ascalves of the stall. And ye shall tread down thewicked… ~Malachi
Wilt Thou indeed sweep away therighteous with thewicked? Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep away and not forgive the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from Thee; shall not the Judge of all the earth do justly? … Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto theLORD, who am but dust and ashes. Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five? …Oh, let not the LORD beangry, and I will speak yet but this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there?
Abraham to the LORD regarding the fate ofSodom and Gomorrah, inGenesis 18:22 - 32 (KJV), after which, it is recorded that the LORD responds:I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.
Listen to me, you who are pursuing righteousness, You who are seeking the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were hewn And to the quarry from which you were dug.
For I say to you that if your righteousness does not surpass that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will by no means enter into theKingdom of heavens.
The anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name shall theSun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
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